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EDITOR'S NOTE: Heroes and Goats from Sunday's win will post later this morning.
I have to wonder, with Anthony Rizzo now at 86 points on the Hero chart, whether or not he would have broken the 100-point mark had he not been injured. My guess is that he would have made it. Maybe next year he'll get there.
But he did break another barrier this season. More on that below.
Graphs for Game 161 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 161:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
B Schlitter |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.41 |
.104 |
E Jackson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.74 |
.041 |
B Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.65 |
.029 |
T Wada |
5 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1.1 |
-.074 |
Total |
8 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
1.03 |
.100 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.13 |
.105 |
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.29 |
.030 |
C Coghlan |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.35 |
-.037 |
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.2 |
-.044 |
T Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.47 |
-.046 |
L Watkins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.66 |
-.072 |
R Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.45 |
-.078 |
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
-.148 |
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.45 |
-.153 |
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.74 |
-.157 |
Total |
31 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
1.43 |
-.600 |
Writer's Note: The daily selections of the three Heroes and three Goats are based solely on the top three and bottom three WPA scores for the game. The selections are not based on my subjective opinion.
THE THREE HEROES:
- Superhero - Anthony Rizzo (.105). And with this Superhero award, Rizzo officially crosses the plus-50 mark on the plus/minus chart.
- Hero - Brian Schlitter (.104). Got out of a tough jam in the sixth, part of which was inherited.
- Sidekick - Edwin Jackson (.041). The last time he saw the Hero podium as a result of his pitching performance was on July 1.
THE THREE GOATS: The 0-for-4's have it in this game.
- Billy Goat - Jorge Soler (-.157). His first view from the top of the Goat podium.
- Goat - Luis Valbuena (-.153). With Saturday's podium placement he is now locked in at the top of the Goat chart for 2014. But it helps out that he's also locked into second place on the Hero chart.
- Kid - Javier Baez (-.148). As Al said in his recap, at least he only struck out once.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 161 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on active roster.
y - Player not on 40-man roster.
z - Player no longer with Cubs.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
18 |
11 |
10 |
86 |
Luis Valbuena |
13 |
13 |
8 |
73 |
Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
10 |
9 |
72.5 |
Welington Castillo |
11 |
8.5 |
5.5 |
55.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
9 |
10 |
4 |
51 |
Jake Arrieta |
12 |
5 |
1 |
47 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
Travis Wood |
6 |
6 |
1 |
31 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
Mike Olt |
4 |
3 |
9 |
27 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
Junior Lake |
4 |
3 |
4 |
22 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
21.5 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
2 |
16 |
20 |
Jorge Soler |
5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
19.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
18.5 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
9 |
18 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
Javier Baez |
1 |
5 |
3 |
16 |
Chris Valaika |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Ryan Kalish |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Matt Szczur |
1 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
9.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
Felix Doubront |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Dan Straily |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Rafael Lopez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
11 |
13 |
59 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
Welington Castillo |
5 |
15.5 |
9 |
55 |
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
Travis Wood |
12 |
5 |
2 |
48 |
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
3 |
1 |
46 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
6 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
42.5 |
Junior Lake |
6 |
6.5 |
9.5 |
40.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
5 |
8 |
39 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
Mike Olt |
6 |
4 |
6 |
32 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
30.5 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
1.5 |
3 |
27 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
John Baker |
4 |
2 |
5 |
21 |
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
Wesley Wright |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
Neil Ramirez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Jacob Turner |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Chris Valaika |
1 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Jorge Soler |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Dan Straily |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Rafael Lopez |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
86 |
36 |
50 |
Jake Arrieta |
47 |
15 |
32 |
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Luis Valbuena |
73 |
59 |
14 |
Chris Coghlan |
51 |
39 |
12 |
Jorge Soler |
19.5 |
9 |
10.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
17 |
9 |
8 |
Brian Schlitter |
21.5 |
14 |
7.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
7.5 |
1 |
6.5 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
Kyle Hendricks |
18.5 |
13 |
5.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
15 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
Chris Valaika |
15 |
12 |
3 |
Felix Doubront |
6 |
4 |
2 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
Matt Szczur |
9.5 |
8 |
1.5 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Welington Castillo |
55.5 |
55 |
0.5 |
Rafael Lopez |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Pedro Strop |
18 |
18 |
0 |
Logan Watkins |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Blake Parker |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
Hector Rondon |
20 |
23 |
-3 |
Wesley Wright |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
Dan Straily |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
12 |
-4.5 |
Mike Olt |
27 |
32 |
-5 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
Jacob Turner |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Justin Grimm |
15 |
27 |
-12 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
Javier Baez |
16 |
30.5 |
-14.5 |
Travis Wood |
31 |
48 |
-17 |
Junior Lake |
22 |
40.5 |
-18.5 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
21 |
42.5 |
-21.5 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Edwin Jackson |
17 |
46 |
-29 |
Valbuena and Soler slide down on the plus/minus chart, while Jackson manages to push himself out of minus-30 territory.